IMDb App Now Lets You Buy Movie Tickets

When you're in the mood to go see a movie, the IMDb app is a great resource for finding showtimes and checking out trailers. Now it can even help you avoid those long ticket lines at the theater.

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When you're in the mood to go see a movie, the IMDb app is a great resource for finding showtimes and checking out trailers. But now it can also help you avoid long ticket lines at the theater.

Amazon-owned IMDb on Monday updated its iOS and Android apps with the ability to purchase tickets through Fandango directly from your phone or tablet. The new ticket purchase option is only available to U.S. users.

The app makes it simple to find showtimes in your area and purchase tickets. Once you've found a movie you're interested in and selected a nearby theatre, you can specify a time, and the number of adult, senior, and/or child tickets you need. To pay for your purchase, you can either sign in with an existing Fandango account or checkout as a guest with your email address.

The update also brings some other goodies for iOS users, including additional celebrity bios and the ability to buy movies and TV shows on DVD or Blu-ray though Amazon Mobile. To purchase movies, you'll need to have the Amazon Mobile app installed on your device, but the IMDb app will now provide a link if you don't have it yet.

In addition, based on user demand, IMDb has updated the movie and celebrity pages on its iPhone app to include one-tap access to full cast and full filmography information, which now scrolls vertically. The app also features a "cute little Watchlist flag" almost everywhere, letting you easily save movies and shows you want to watch later.

The updated apps are available for download from the App Store and Google Play. IMDb warned that this will be the last update that supports iOS 5. Future updates will require iOS 6 and above.

Angela has been a PCMag reporter since January 2012. Prior to joining the team, she worked as a reporter for SC Magazine, covering everything related to hackers and computer security. Angela has also written for The Northern Valley Suburbanite in New Jersey, The Dominion Post in West Virginia, and the Uniontown-Herald Standard in Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of West Virginia University's Perely Isaac Reed School of Journalism.
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